Summer Assignment – A Summer’s Reading 1. Why did George leave school at the age of sixteen? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do you know about George's family? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did George spend his days? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why was Mr. Cattanzara different from the other people in the neighborhood? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why did George go to the park? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why did Mr. Cattanzara drink? Which HOTS did you use in order to answer the question and why? __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Bernard Malamud often wrote about ordinary people trying to attain the American middle-class dream. Explain how this idea is relevant to "A Summer’s Reading.” Support your answer with examples. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Mr. Cattanzara was a change maker. Explain the double meaning . _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why was it so important for Mr. Cattanzara to help George change his life? Support your answer with an example from the story. Which HOTS did you use and why? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Why did George lock himself in his room after his last meeting with Mr. C.? Which HOTS did you use? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Why is the story called “A Summer’s Reading” ? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |